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The people behind today's effects-obsessed science fiction dreadnoughts need to see This Island Earth immediately. I'll mention Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie only to say this: If you've seen it and think you've seen This Island Earth, …

TK-421: why aren't you at your post? (and where's your helmet?)
Lexology (registration)
In 1977, George Lucas revitalized the world's interest in science fiction with the ground breaking cinema classic Star Wars (now referred to as Star Wars: A New Hope or Episode IV). Since then, Lucas's Star Wars empire expanded to include …

Can 'Attack the Block' conquer the U.S.?
CNN International
That moment would stick in the first-time director's head when he wrote a screenplay, also inspired by science fiction films he loved such as "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "ET The Extra-Terrestrial." Noticing that these sorts of films always …
'Attack the Block' actor John Boyega on Diverse CastingWall Street Journal (blog)
How <i>Attack the Block</i> started with the director being muggedThe National
Joe Cornish on Alien Crowd-Pleaser Attack the Block, Going Old School, and TintinMovieline

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Wilmington on DVDs. Pick of the Week: Classic. A Clockwork Orange
Movie City News
A Clockwork Orange was one of the instant classic '60s books, an ingeniously conceived, mind-bendingly well-executed science fiction tale of juvenile delinquency in a nightmare future, and it was written by Burgess in a burst of creativity brought on …

How <i>Attack the Block</i> started with the director being mugged
The National
The film, which had its premiere at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, in March and received widespread praise from critics upon its release in the UK, balances comedy, horror, science-fiction and that famous British obsession: class. …

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Mixed judgment in UK 'Star Wars' legal battle
Seattle Post Intelligencer
The eminent Supreme Court judges may be experts in law, but their ruling revealed gaps in their knowledge of science fiction. The judgment said the "Star Wars" movies are set "in an imaginary, science-fiction world of the future. …

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Sherlockians, Whovians, Woodies: Summer is the Season for Cinematic Tourists
PopMatters
Lynnette Porter is the author of Tarnished Heroes, Charming Villains, and Modern Monsters: Science Fiction in Shades of Gray on 21st Century Television (McFarland, 2010), LOST's Buried Treasures (Sourcebooks, 2010), and other books and chapters about …

HomeVideodrome: Belushi! Akroyd! Sinise!
Big Hollywood
I wasn'ta huge fan of his debut feature, Moon, however I respect it as a piece of science fiction that relies on concepts and ideas, rather than action thrills the way so much so-called sci-fi does today. Source Code comes highly recommended, …

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"Stone Arabia": Two demon-plagued siblings, laid bare
Salon
By Katherine A. Powers, Barnes & Noble Review Dan Simmons, for years familiar to fans of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, made his way to the general reader with two historical/horror hybrids. "The Terror," published in 2007, was an enthralling …

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'Spider-Man' villain arrested at Comic-Con
Toronto Sun
Brown told Reuters a member of Ifans' “entourage” did not have proper identification to enter Comic-Con, a gathering of science-fiction fans and comic book lovers. for a promotional event to tout the upcoming “Spider-Man” movie. …

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